VIENNA - Iran and the United States have tentatively agreed on a formula Washington hopes will reduce Tehran's ability to make nuclear arms by committing it to ship to Russia much of the material needed for such weapons, diplomats say.

VIENNA — Iran and the United States have tentatively agreed on a formula that Washington hopes will reduce Tehran's ability to make nuclear arms by committing it to ship to Russia much of the material needed for such weapons, diplomats say.

VIENNA - Iran says the U.N. atomic agency is out of line in pushing for new information on allegations the country worked on nuclear weapons, and appears to serve notice it will not cooperate with such an investigation.

VIENNA - Reflecting its lessening oil clout, OPEC decided Thursday to keep its output target on hold and sit out falling crude prices that will likely spiral even lower as a result.
Oil prices fell sharply on the news.

VIENNA — OPEC oil ministers decided Thursday to keep their production target at 30 million barrels a day, despite an oversupply of crude and plunging prices.
The global price of crude oil fell after the announcement, trading down $2.85 at $74.90 a barrel. As recently as June it was around $115.
The decision in Vienna was mostly expected — OPEC oil power Saudi Arabia had indicated before the meeting that it favors the status-quo. The Saudis are the top producers within the 12-nation organization and effectively decide the cartel's policy.

VIENNA — Iran and six world powers are closer than ever to a deal that would crimp Tehran’s ability to make nuclear arms — a status that would lead to an end to sanctions on the Islamic republic and ease tensions that could boil over into a new Middle East war.
The bad news? Substantial differences remain. A deal by the Nov. 24 target date is unlikely. Both sides may be willing to extend. But that could strengthen opposition in U.S. Congress, triggering a backlash by Iranian hardliners and culminating in the breakup of further negotiations.

VIENNA - Iran is considering a U.S. proposal at nuclear talks that would allow it to keep more of its nuclear infrastructure intact while still reducing its ability to make an atomic bomb, two diplomats told The Associated Press on Thursday.

VIENNA (AP) - Iran drew a red line on Tuesday on how far it would go at landmark nuclear talks, saying as the meeting opened that it would not buckle to pressure from the U.S. and five other world powers to scrap any of its nuclear facilities.

GENEVA - A new round of Iran nuclear talks began in fits and starts Wednesday, with the two sides ending a first session just minutes after it began amid warnings from Iran's supreme leader of "red lines" beyond which his country will not compromise.